“Celebrate” is of course a lousy choice of words in this context. After all, the reason behind McCree’s name change is a series of controversies surrounding Jesse McCree, the man after whom the Overwatch character (and the Mac’Aree area in World of Warcraft, among other things) is named. Mcree is associated with the charges against Blizzard, which included a toxic work culture and women were treated unequally, and is no longer working for the game developer.
Anyway, McCree is now called Cassidy, and that’s why you can also adjust your BattleTag from Activision Blizzard for free. This is of course temporary, so you must be there before November 5, otherwise you will have to deposit money again. The free name change only applies to people who don’t already have a free name change waiting for them, you can’t save it for use after November 5th.
To request a name change, please visit this link. Unfortunately, it can take a while before you actually have another BattleTag, because Activision Blizzard has to approve and process it first. The whole process can take up to four weeks, according to the game giant, something that can no longer surprise you at Activision Blizzard (the Guard is looking at you, Diablo 2: Resurrected servers…).
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